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Asian Domain Registration Scams

posted by martyb on Friday March 11 2016, @03:31AM   Printer-friendly
from the What's-In-A-Name? dept.

canopic jug writes:

Peter N. M. Hansteen has a blog post about active DNS registration scams. The gist is that some are trying to hustle up unnecessary domain registrations in China. He notes in the blog post their attempts at getting him to buy as well as his responses to brush them off. Basically they're fishing for him to pony up some cash and register those domains himself through their outfit. As crime goes, this is the rough equivalent of some petty, if unpleasant, street crime and seems to have been going for some years. However, for those actually considering or planning on expanding into China or Asia in general, these scams can be a serious issue.

[Do any Soylentil's have experience getting domain names in China and/or Asia? What registrars have you used? -Ed.]

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  • (Score: 1) by itn on Friday March 11 2016, @06:54AM

    by itn (4865) on Friday March 11 2016, @06:54AM (#316929)

    Just delete and move on.

    Exactly. This is spam, and it might be a scam. In any case just delete and move on.

    From the article summing up

    If you have other contacts that will cheaply and easily let you register those domains yourself, there's an element of entertainment to consider. But keep in mind that automatic renewals for domains you don't actually need can turn irritating once you've had a few laughs over the LARTing.

    This makes no sense at all. There's not going to be a Chinese guy waiting for your order to come in, frantically updating the WHOIS info to see if the domain is still available or not, and then crying "Noooooooo!" when he finds out you registered it through someone else... This is simply a waste of time and money.

    If you want a domain, order it from your registrar. If you don't, don't. If your registrar does not have the wanted .TLD available, find another reputable registrar which has. Never buy from these unsolicitet spam/scam emails.